Transcript Homophones vs. Homonyms

Homophones vs. Homonyms
By: Mrs. Brinson
• There’s no competition – both words mean
“virtually” the same thing.
• Homophone – (phone: as in to hear) relates to
words that sound alike, but have different
meanings.
• Homonym – (nym: as in the same) relates to
words that are spelled the same with different
meanings.
It all boils down to the words SOUND the same,
BUT have DIFFERENT meanings.
Examples:
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ad/add
feet/feat
fair/fair/fare
pedal/petal
soar/sore
bark/bark
sight/site
threw/through
idle/idol
hair/hare
11 waist/waste
12. root/route
13. weak/week
14. whole/hole
15. hour/our
16. your/you’re
17. thyme/time
18. would/wood
20. heard/herd
21. no/know
22. hall/haul
Which homophone correctly fits each
sentence? 
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She decided to (add, ad) him to her group even though he was
new to the game.
We were told he had a (weak, week) arm after the accident
occurred.
(You’re, Your) not a good friend after exposing my secret the way
you did.
Mom asked if I would help dad (haul, hall) the wood down the hill.
We wanted to go (threw, through) the gate, but had to go around
to the door entrance like everyone else.
My brother could not ride the bus home because he didn’t have
enough (fair, fare) for the full route home.
We had to (pedal, petal) really fast on our bikes to get away from
the dogs.
Verb Tenses
They tell when an action takes place
Present Tense – happens regularly OR on a continuous basis. {uses
base form of the board verb}
a.
b.
c.
My family lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
Please raise your hands to speak.
I rarely listen to the radio.
Past Tense – happened in the past {uses “ed”}
a.
b.
c.
My family lived in Tallahassee, Florida
He raised his hand before speaking.
I rarely listened to the radio last year.
Future Tense – will happen in the future. {always uses will or shall-
’shall’ can only be used with I}
a.
b.
c.
My family will live in Florida next year.
He said he will raise his hand before speaking
I shall listen to the radio this year.
Present Progressive – happening right now (uses helping verbs
am, is, are with verbs ending in ‘ing’)
a. My family is living in Florida for a year.
b. We are raising our hands during this game.
c. I am listening to the radio on my way to work.
Past Progressive – happened for an extensive time in the past
(uses helping verbs was & were with verbs ending in ‘ing’)
a. My family was living in Florida most of my adult life.
b. We were raising our hands for the game we played yesterday.
c. I was listening to the radio yesterday.
Future Progressive – will be happening for an extended time in
the future (uses helping verbs will be with verbs ending in
‘ing’)
a. My family will be living in Florida for a year.
b. We will be raising our hands during the game.
c. I will be listening to the radio in the morning.
Review
1. The 7th grade team at B.E.S.T. will be the best!
2. All of my friends are wearing denim jackets to the
concert.
3. Most men don’t like to wear pink.
4. Please bake twenty pies for the bake sale on
Saturday.
5. I will never jump in shallow water, as it’s too
dangerous.
6. Since we lost the race, most of the team were crying
because it meant they didn’t make it to finals.